American college football season
The 2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by second-year head coach Jared Elliott and played their home games at Hanson Field . They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in MVFC play to finish in a two-way tie for ninth place.
Previous season [ ] The Leathernecks finished the 2018 season 5–6, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in fifth place.
Preseason [ ] MVFC poll [ ] In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Leathernecks were predicted to finish in eighth place.[1]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
North Dakota State
392 (32)
2
South Dakota State
348 (4)
3
Illinois State
289 (3)
4
Indiana State
279 (1)
5
Northern Iowa
266
6
South Dakota
176
7
Youngstown State
153
8
Western Illinois 128
9
Southern Illinois
89
10
Missouri State
80
Preseason All–MVFC team [ ] The Leathernecks had one player selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]
Offense
Clint Ratkovich – FB
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. at North Alabama * ESPN+ L 17–26 10,567
September 7 3:00 p.m. at Colorado State * AT&T RM L 13–38 18,231
September 14 3:00 p.m. No. 10 Montana State * ESPN+ L 14–23 4,728
September 21 3:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech * ESPN3 L 24–38 1,594
October 5 3:00 p.m. Missouri State ESPN+ L 31–37 3OT 3,149
October 12 12:00 p.m. at Indiana State ESPN+ L 10–20 7,243
October 19 1:00 p.m. No. 11 Illinois State ESPN+ L 14–28 2,984
October 26 1:00 p.m. at Youngstown State ESPN+ L 14–59 10,437
November 2 1:00 p.m. South Dakota ESPN+ W 38–34 1,728
November 9 2:30 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State ESPN+ L 21–57 17,441
November 16 1:00 p.m. Southern Illinois ESPN+ L 21–45 1,739
November 23 1:00 p.m. at No. 9 Northern Iowa ESPN+ L 7–38 8,920
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ ] at North Alabama [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Leathernecks
0
14
3
0
17
Lions
6
13
7
0
26
at Colorado State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Leathernecks
3
3
0
7
13
Rams
14
14
7
3
38
Montana State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Bobcats
7
0
10
6
23
Leathernecks
0
7
7
0
14
Tennessee Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Eagles
7
7
10
14
38
Leathernecks
0
3
7
14
24
Missouri State [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT
Total
Bears
0
7
0
14 7 3 6
37
Leathernecks
7
7
0
7 7 3 0
31
at Indiana State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Leathernecks
0
10
0
0
10
Sycamores
0
0
10
10
20
Illinois State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 11 Redbirds
7
7
0
14
28
Leathernecks
0
0
7
7
14
at Youngstown State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Leathernecks
7
0
0
7
14
Penguins
28
17
14
0
59
South Dakota [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Coyotes
7
10
3
14
34
Leathernecks
7
0
10
21
38
at North Dakota State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Leathernecks
0
0
7
14
21
No. 1 Bison
13
14
13
17
57
Southern Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Salukis
7
3
21
14
45
Leathernecks
0
7
0
14
21
at Northern Iowa [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Leathernecks
7
0
0
0
7
No. 9 Panthers
7
10
14
7
38
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
RV
Coaches
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